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Cardi B is born Belcalis Almanzar in Edgewater, New Jersey. After two seasons on the reality show Love & Hip-Hop, her music career takes off with the 2017 #1 hit "Bodak Yellow." Over the next few years, she establishes herself as an uninhibited fashion icon and top rapper.

Cardi B, known on social media for pithy posts about her time as an exotic dancer, makes her debut on the reality show Love & Hip Hop: New York, where she stars for two seasons. She releases her first single two years later, the #1 hit "Bodak Yellow."

Cardi B releases her debut single, "Bodak Yellow." The title is a nod to the rapper Kodak Black, whose flow she borrows on the track. The song elevates her from social media/reality TV star to renown rapper when the song climbs to #1.

Cardi B and Migos rapper Offset get married at home, wearing sweatpants, in a secret ceremony. He formally proposes to her a month later during her performance in Philadelphia, presenting her with an eight-carat diamond ring. They have their first child, daughter Kulture, the following year.

Cardi B hits #1 in the US with "Bodak Yellow," becoming the first solo female rapper without a guest artist to reach the top since Lauryn Hill's "Doo Wop (That Thing)" in 1998.

Cardi B makes her debut as musical guest on Saturday Night Live, where she shows off her baby bump to reveal that she's pregnant. She gives birth to daughter Kulture three months later.

Cardi B releases her debut album, Invasion Of Privacy. It goes to #1 and clears a path for female rappers like Megan Thee Stallion and GloRilla.

Cardi B and Offset have their first child together, a daughter named Kulture. Two weeks later, Cardi pulls out of a planned tour with Bruno Mars so she can spend more time with her.

Cardi B lands her second #1 hit (following "Bodak Yellow") with "I Like It," a team-up with Bad Bunny and J Balvin. It's the first in a string of hit collaborations for Cardi that includes "Girls Like You" with Maroon 5 and "WAP" with Megan Thee Stallion.

Simmering tensions between Cardi B and Nicki Minaj boil over at a New York Fashion Week party when the pair scuffle and Cardi throws a shoe at Minaj. They settle into a longstanding feud, repeatedly taking shots at each other in lyrics and social media posts.

Lizzo, Cardi B and Jennifer Lopez play strippers in the movie Hustlers, which also features Usher as a patron. It's the film debut for Cardi, who was an exotic dancer before launching her music career.

"WAP" by Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion hits #1 in America, becoming the most sexually explicit song ever to top the tally. It's bumped off two weeks later by a wholesome slice of K-pop: "Dynamite" by BTS.

TikTok stages their first live music event with a five-hour concert in Mesa, Arizona, featuring Charlie Puth, Cardi B, Peso Pluma and a slate of emerging artists. 17,000 phone-wielding fans attend the sold-out show, with over 9 million more watching online.

The album-averse Cardi B (she usually releases singles) finally drops her second long-player, Am I the Drama?. Like her 2018 debut, Invasion Of Privacy, it goes to #1, putting her in company of her rival, Nicki Minaj, as the only female rappers to hit the top spot with their first two albums.